Apte Dictionary

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Entry उपदेश

उपदेशupadeśa1 Instruction, teaching, advice, prescription; एष आदेशः, एष उपदेशः Tait. Up.1.11.4. सुशिक्षितोऽपि सर्व उपदेशेन…
1. 1 Instruction, teaching, advice, prescription; एष आदेशः, एष उपदेशः Tait. Up.1.11.4. सुशिक्षितोऽपि सर्व उपदेशेन निपुणो भवति M.1 (see the act inter alia); स्थिरोपदेशामुपदेशकाले प्रपेदिरे प्राक्तनजन्मविद्याः Ku.1.3; अचिरप्रवृत्तोपदेशं नाट्यम् M.1,2.1; Ś.2.3; Ms.8.272; Amaru.29; R.12.57; K.26; M.6; परोपदेशे पाण्डित्यम् H.1.99.
2. Pointing out or referring to; शब्दानामितरे- तरोपदेशः Nir.
3. Specification, mentioning, naming.
4. A plea, pretext.
5. Initiation, communication of an initiatory Mantra or formula; चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे तीर्थे सिद्धक्षेत्रे शिवालये । मन्त्रमात्रप्रकथनमुपदेशः स उच्यते ॥
6. (In Grammar) A form in a rule, an indicatory form (any word or part of a word, such as an affix, augment etc. with itsanubandhas which show what particular grammatical rules are to be applied. उपदेश आद्योच्चारणम् Sk.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अर्थवाक्यम्, -वचनम् a parable, moral fable.
- -साहस्री Name of a philosophical work by Śaṅkarāchārya.
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